Mohave County miner., 1887-07-30
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
One Man Killed and sevcrai ln-
iurcd .-.-Tbe Engine. Tentier
aud Twenty-Five Cars Barnt
Up.

On Wednesday evening last another oi
those deplorable accidents for which ths
Atlantic and Pacific ,ailroad is acquiring
an unenyiab,s reputation occurred abou'
one mile vest of Franconia station. a
freight train was processing west at tbs
usual rate of speed when it ran into
burn; bridge about 125 feet long, which
runs over an arroyo about ton feet deep
The engine landed upright in tho loose
sand. while the tender wss thrown on the
upper side Of and at right angles to IL. Two
oar loads of re- ilr lad iron and iron pi. o came
| next, then a car Of furniture and crockery
| The balance OF ths train was piled up Cal
above car until the whole twenty. nine cafs
| composing the train occupied a jutnb.ed NJ
mass Of about sixty fee. Ia Length. T., add
| 10 the horror Of the accident q fire broke
out In one of the cars en the top and the
whole macs was soon In blaze. Engineer
Riley told our reporter that he saw moth
| ing of tie burnt bridge until the en- zine was
right oyei il. He called 10 the fireman to
jump fol- his life willie ho reversed the eL'
/ gine, and tie l.tai ho saw Of him WAS while
he was in the act of jumping ca. Riley
WAS jammsd In between the reverse leve'
| and the side Of TIE ca b, and received blow
Oh the forehead which partially knocked
/ him seaseless. After that no has no recoi'
| lection Of wiat happened Gntil ho feuno
| himself oa The top of two box ears, through
which b must have cra~!ed 60 make hi'
| escape. CJndus.os Howe and those Of The
train nea who were uuinj7red cpuinsnc,a
| an inisneaia.e search for the blried ifon,an,
! bat could hear no sound or find any tract
| of his whereabouts, and were som driven
| away fronl the wreck by tho heat of th.
| Are One brakeman was thrown from th.
top Of a box car and had both legs broken
above the ankle. Every N Ii on the train
va more or loss brui sd up, aid II tranl
wh5 WIS stealing ride received y bat
| oruise on the side OF his head.
| Assistance Was telsgraphed for as sooI
- possIbls, and was sen. both from th'
| Needles and Peach Springs. The woundeC
| we're placed in box car and brought t.
! Ringmap, where their injuries were AT
/ Tended to by DR.. L.yingstope. The wreck
ing train passed through hese SON afte'
| daylight on Thursday. ana temporary
! traci WAS thfown around tie barninb
| wreck. over which traiis were able to pas
about p. IN. a..
On Thursday afternoon the ruins in tie
vicinity of tho engine were suthc'enti, ,
cooled of to riiow Of psrtial search fo'
the body cf the unfortunate fienaE. ~he,
found shsrs was nothing left Of ii bat tn,
aeadles, trunk aud stamps Of the .htgh,
Coroner Hyde was notified and wsai
down to the wreck on the next train ano
| held an inquest. From tie testimony Oh
, t.inabls /: was inpossibis ~ suffiSientl.
ideziify the rem .iiis or to detenfins
whether ths unfortunate msn was instant.
Iy killed in the wreck or caught in IL and
burned alive. The following Il the verdict
Uf she coronafs jury: H= -
Territory of Arizona,
County of Gohave.
We, the Jury enpaa;.sled for tho purpots
of inqnifing into the fnaLnsE and Gauss oi
tbs death Of the person whoss remains W.
have viewed, do find az follows:
That to the bes. u oaG belief tbs re Main
ire thoss Of a white male human being,
ilIat We are unable 10 dsioIniae the nanne
Of said deceased from any oyidsuce or per.
sonal inqniry' that hs came 20 his death by
the accidsnt 10 the freight train ON the
night efJuly 27Ih. lsoi, underneath the
rsck Of which his body was found; tha,
ve are uaablc t. aatsrmi ne whether his
death was caused in ths accident or by thu
fro which afterwards occurred, and thai
we believe his death 70 have he5n acciden-
tai. - .#s"-
EpvApp LUDLOW,
-...ar G. II. STEVENS,
wmyfKLp HEEsg,
w. T. BAMBkrD0K.